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New Health Bill opens water fluoridation ‘breakthrough’, MP says
Note from Fluoride Action Network: We’ve labeled this article as misinformation because it states, “The safety of fluoridation is proven beyond doubt in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Here 60 to 80% of their water supplies receive fluoride…Only dental benefits, with no negative effects have ever been seen in any correctly fluoride areas.” […]
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Sask. dental public health expert debunks myths, misinformation about community water fluoridation
Note from Fluoride Action Network: We’ve labelled this article as misinformation because chlorine is added to water to kill bacteria to made the water safe to drink, albeit there are less toxic ways to achieve this (eg, ozonation). Fluoride is added to water to treat people. We now know that pregnant women and bottle-fed infants […]
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Fluoride law ensures Iowa citizens understand water changes
Note from Fluoride Action Network: 1) This article was first published on July 16, 2021, in The Gazette. We labeled it as “misinformation” as it’s severely one-sided and the information presented is outdated. There is no discussion of fluoridation’s potential to reduce IQ in children. In brief, Mother-Offspring fluoride studies, many funded by US agencies, […]
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Iowa cities must tell citizens before they stop adding fluoride to water, new law says
Note from Fluoride Action Network: 1) We have labeled this article as “misinformation” as it’s severely one-sided and the information presented is outdated. There is no discussion of fluoridation’s potential to reduce IQ in children. In brief the Mother-Offspring fluoride studies, many funded by US agencies, have reported that the fetus and bottle-fed infant in […]
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How to keep your teeth clean, by the UK NHS
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) provides no advice or warnings to pregnant women even though the landmark Mother-Offspring fluoride studies found that increasing fluoride exposure can lead to lower IQ in their offspring. Also, parents of young children are not warned that young children should not swallow their […]
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Why You Shouldn’t Rinse Your Mouth With Water After Brushing Your Teeth
Note from Waste Not: Because the following is outrageous advice, we have labelled it misinformation. There is no mention of pregnant women. Pregnant women need to be warned not to ingest fluoridated water or fluoridated toothpaste. Why? See the Mother-Offspring fluoride studies. Dr Niger Carter, of the UK’s Oral Health Foundation, is mentioned in this […]
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What to know about fluoride in toothpaste
Note from the Fluoride Action Network: This article cites the Bashash 2017 study (noting it was published in 2016): “The results suggested a link between high levels of fluoride in the mothers and lower IQ scores in their children.” The article then incorrectly states, “But other researchers who evaluated this study said the fluoride level […]
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What’s in the water? For many in Philadelphia’s suburbs, not fluoride. Why?
Note from Fluoride Action Network: This article is sadly one-sided. While cancer is of enormous concern, neurotoxicity is equally so. In presenting the safety of the fluoridation of drinking water, the author never mentions three recent mother-offspring fluoride studies (Bashash 2017; Green 2019; Till 2020) that revealed the fetus and the formula-fed infant are the […]
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Feeding Your Infant: How to Prepare and Store Baby Formula
Note from Fluoride Action Network: The following is shockingly bad advice to parents and carers. Such irresponsible reporting is worrying. Professor Christine Till’s team published this study in late 2019, Fluoride exposure from infant formula and child IQ in a Canadian birth cohort. The highlights of this study are: Consumption of formula reconstituted with fluoridated […]
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Fluoridation: an update on evidence.
Note from Fluoride Action Network: Do not count on the information in this report until you read the critiques of it as this report contains serious misinformation. Because of its length, a critique by FAN will take time. (EC) *The original review is online at https://www.pmcsa.ac.nz/topics/fluoridation-an-update-on-evidence/ Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor Kaitohutohu […]
New Zealand Misinformation
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